STRYCHNACEiE. II. PICROPHLCEUS. III. CYRTOPHYLLUM. IV. LASIOSTOMA. V. GARDNERIA. 



in the Telinga language, means the Cobra de Capella, or Coluber 

 naga, Lin. Tansoo means dancing, undpaun, a serpent, this sort 

 being famous for erecting its head, and moving it from side to 

 side, at the sound of music.) This species yields the real, or, at 

 least, another kind of Lignum Colubrmum. The wood of the 

 sort is esteemed, by the Telinga physicians, an infallible remedy 

 for the bite of the Naga, as well as for that of every other 

 venomous snake. It is applied externally, and at the same time 

 given internally. It is also given in substance, for the cure of 

 intermitting fevers. Roxb. mss. in fl. ind. 2. p. -265. 



Snake-vioo&, or Lignum Colubrinum. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



9 S. AXILLA'RIS (Colbr. in Lin. trans. 12. p. 351-355. t. 15. 

 Blum, bijdr. 1019.) leaves ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate ; tendrils axillary, simple, thickened, downy ; berry oval, 

 1 -seeded. Jj . w . S. Native of the mountainous countries 

 north and east of Silhet, in Bengal, where it is called Hur-cucldla, 

 or Har-cuchila ; and of the island of Nusa-Kambanga. Branches 

 dichotomous, downy while young. Leaves glossy, villous while 

 young, triple-nerved, sometimes also 3 -nerved, twice as long as 

 the interstices. Stipulas none, except a downy axillary margin, 

 which connects the base of the petioles. Fascicles of flowers 

 crowded, round, twice as long as the petioles. Axils of the 

 principal nerves of the leaves, as also the petioles, downy. 



^n^ary-flowered Strychnos. Clt. 1824. Shrub cl. 



10 S. TIEU'TE (Leschen. ann. du mus. 16. p. 480. t. 23.) 

 Blum, bijdr. 1019.) leaves elliptic, short-acuminate, 3-nerved, 

 glabrous ; tendrils simple, thickened, opposite the solitary 

 leaves. Fj . S. Native of Java, where it is called Tjetlek, or 

 Upas Tieute. Bark of stem rufescent; wood cream-coloured, 

 spongy. Branches green. Leaves 3-nerved, glabrous, green. 

 Fruit globose, many-seeded. This tree is said to be very 

 poisonous, and is probably the true Upas tree of Java. 



Tieute Strychnos. Shrub cl. 



US. BICIRRHOSA (Lesch. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 267.) leaves 

 elliptic, cuspidately acute, triple-nerved; tendrils bifid, opposite 

 the leaves, with thickened divisions ; berry globular, 1-seeded. 

 Jj . w . S. Native in forests near Koudracotta, about 20 miles 

 south of Tanjore. Tendrils with a pair of scale-formed bracteas 

 under the divisions. Glabrous in every part. 



Two-tendrilled Strychnos. Shrub cl. 



12 S. NITIDA ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acuminate, 

 with 3 principal nerves, and 2 small lateral ones ; tendrils oppo- 

 site the leaves, bifid at apex, having the lobes clavate and curved 

 at top, without any small process between them, as in S. 

 bicirrhbsa. Lesch. I? . w . S. Native of the East Indies, on the 

 Pundua mountains. Peduncles long, corymbose at top. S. 

 lucida, Wall. cat. no. 1590, but not of R. Br. 



<S7iiw'njr-leaved Strychnos. Shrub cl. 



13 S. BRACHIA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 30. t. 157.) 

 leaves ovate or oblong, acuminated, 5-nerved, glabrous ; tendrils 

 opposite the leaves ; berry globose, many-seeded ; stem bra- 

 chiate, terete; flowers corymbose, axillary and terminal. ^ \j- 

 S. Native of Peru, in woods. Branches pendant. Bracteas 

 linear, subulate, deciduous. Calyx villous. Corollas white, villous 

 outside. Berries large, globose, pendulous, greenish yellow. 



.BracAia/e-stemmed Strychnos. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand, is a good soil for 

 the species of Strychnos ; and cuttings of them will strike root 

 in sand, under a hand-glass, in heat. 



II. PICROPHLCE'US (from KIKPOQ, picros, bitter; and <p\owe, 

 phloios, bark; the bark is very bitter.) Blum, bijdr. p. 1019. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, im- 

 bricate. Corolla with a short tube ; and a 5-parted limb, which 

 is imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 5, inserted in the base of 

 the corolla, short. Style short ; stigma obtuse, emarginate. 



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Berry with a crustaceous rind, 2-celled, many-seeded ; recepta- 

 cles or placentas twin in each cell, fleshy, rising from the 

 inflexed edges of the dissepiments. Seeds minute, variously- 

 angled, reticulated. Albumen rather cartilaginous. A shrub, 

 with bitter bark ; opposite, oblong, coriaceous, rather veiny, quite 

 glabrous leaves ; and terminal, dichotomous corymbs of flowers. 



1 P. JAVANE'NSIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 1020.) tj . S. Native of 

 Java, in the higher woods on Mount Salak. 



Java Picrophlceus. Fl. April, July. Shrub. 



Cult. See Strychnos, above, for culture and propagation. 



III. CYRTOPH Y'LLUM (from P ro C , kyrtos, a curved ; and 

 (j>v\\of, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the leaves of the first 

 species being convex on the upper side.) Reinwdt. herb, ex 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 1022. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Flowers inferior, ac- 

 cording to Blum. ; but, according to Reinwdt, superior. Calyx 

 5-parted, imbricate, permanent. Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb 

 5-parted. Stamens 5, exserted ; filaments inserted in the upper 

 part of the tube ; anthers incumbent, emarginate at the base. 

 Style filiform ; stigma bluntish. Berry 2-celled, many-seeded ; 

 receptacle fleshy, fixed to the dissepiment. Hardly lactescent 

 trees ; with opposite, coriaceous, glabrous leaves ; and axillary 

 and terminal corymbose inflorescence. 



1 C. PEREGRINUM (Reinwdt. ex Blum, bijdr. p. 1022.) leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, convex above, and 

 concave beneath. Jj . G. Native of Japan and China. 



Foreign Cyrtophyllum. Fl. year. Tree. 



2 C. SPECIOSUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 1022.) leaves broad-lanceo- 

 late, much acuminated, flat. (? . S. Native of Java, in woods 

 on Mounts Salak and Cede, where it is called Kiminjak. 



Showy Cyrtophyllum. Fl. June, Aug. Tree. 



Cult. See Strychnos, above, for culture and propagation. 



IV. LASIO'STOMA (from Xao-toc, lasios, woolly ; and 

 oropj, stoma, a mouth ; mouth of corolla.) Schreb. gen. no. 

 180. Meyer, ess. p. H3. H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 7. 

 p. 209. Rouhamon, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 93. t. 36. Lam. ill. t. 81. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted, bibrac- 

 teate at the base ; segments acute. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube 

 short ; limb quadrifid : lobes acute, villous. Stamens 4, in- 

 serted in the tube, exserted ; anthers oblong, 2-celled. Ovarium 

 ovate. Style one; stigma ovate. Capsule orbicular, 1-celled, 

 ex Kunth. 2-celled, ex Meyer, 2-seeded. Seeds ovate, convex 

 on one side, and flat on the other. Cirrhiferous, climbing 

 shrubs, full of yellowish, poisonous juice ; having the branches 

 opposite : and the tendrils axillary, solitary, thickened, and 

 spirally convolute at top. Leaves opposite, quite entire, triple- 

 nerved. Corymbs axillary, opposite, bracteate. Flowers small, 

 white. Capsules yellowish. 



1 L. CURA'RE (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. 7. p. 210.) leaves 

 oblong, triple-nerved; flowers corymbose. T? . w . S. Native of 

 South America, near Esmeraldo, in the missions of the Orinoco. 

 Curare, or Bejuco de Mavacure, Humb. relat. hist. 2. p. 547. 



Curare Lasiostoma. Shrub cl. 



2 L. DIVARICA'TA (Meyer, ess. p. 83.) leaves obovate-oblong, 

 triple-nerved; flowers racemosely corymbose. ^ w S. Native 

 of tropical America. 



Divaricate Lasiostoma. Shrub cl. 



3 L. ciRRH6sA(Pers. ench. l.p. 1 34.) leaves elliptic, 3-nerved ; 

 corymbs sessile. f; . ,_,. S. Native of Guiana. Rouhamon 

 Guianensis, Aubl. 1. c. Lam. 1. c. 



Tendrilled Lasiostoma. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Strychnos, above. 



V. GARDNE'RIA (this genus is dedicated to Hon. Edward 

 Gardner, late resident at the court of the Rajah of Nipaul, 



